Honey bees
Nectar value
Unknown
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Red-Leafed Rose
Rosa glauca
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 2.50 m high × 1.50 m wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 3-7
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit, Seed
- Functions
- Hedge
- Edibility
- 2 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 1 out of 5
Fruit - can be eaten raw or cooked. The flesh is tough and does not contain much meat, with a diameter of about 15 mm and many seeds. Be careful when eating this fruit due to potential hazards, as described above. The seeds are a good source of vitamin E; they can be ground and mixed with flour or added to other foods as a supplement. Don't forget to remove the seed hairs.